NASA Technology, At Work on Earth

Researchers are looking to find better ways to treat the miserable phenomenon of motion sickness. And the many who suffer from nausea in cars, planes, boats or even the tamest amusement park rides would welcome a cure.

After sweeping through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Sunday morning, causing flooding in low-lying areas and leaving thousands without power, a weakened storm is continuing to move north through the Tennessee Valley and is expected to cause more flooding.

A newly developed device run by an iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet could help diagnose cancers in poor or rural settings, researchers say. The hand-held and solar-powered system, called a Gene-Z, can perform analysis of blood samples in the field.

Augmented reality software places computer-generated images on top of real world environments, such as a smartphone's camera or a live television broadcast. The technology could shape everything from food safety procedures to crime scene investigation.

A team of scientists are drilling a mile and a half under the Earth and retrieving and studying rock samples that exist in fault zones in order to better understand the mechanics of earthquakes.

The MIT AgeLab's latest creation is the "Aware Car," with $1.5 million dollars worth of medical, computer, camera and robotic equipment which will sense and predict a driver's performance -- and even intervene to prevent accidents.

A supermassive black hole has been found shredding and swallowing a sun-sized star that wandered too close, according to two papers published Thursday in the journal Nature.

Hurricane Irene is on track to become a Category 4 storm on Thursday as it moves from the Bahamas toward the East Coast, spurring evacuations in North and South Carolina. It is expected to weaken in the next few days.

Apple Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs will resign from the helm of the technology giant, effective immediately.

The warmer, drier conditions of El Nino have had a baleful effect on conflict in the tropics since 1950, research shows.